A dream as a sense of happening now?
Yet, it's the kind of language describing it that turns it away from mere dream notebook to something darker, more seen through a rather awful (possibly corporate?) discourse...
Doug
On Apr 9, 2014, at 6:04 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> *Film*
>
> a man opens a door in the side of his head; a little steam floats in the
> cavity; pipes within the skull shine patchily, clouded by condensation; a
> healthy-looking seagull on a patio; a small black ant walks across a table,
> examining bread crumbs; a helicopter is audible but not visible; the man
> closes the door soundlessly; he opens it again; Warning, he says, warning,
> the voice not quite synchronised with the movement of the jaw. Have some
> bread. Warning, he says, warning; the jaws make exactly the same simplistic
> movements as before. Have some bread; the jaws do not move at all; the
> seagull is looking at the observer sidewaysly; the door in the side of the
> head swings although there is no wind; a piece of cotton wool rolls across
> the patio; it is ignored by the gull after brief examination; the valley is
> full of flying birds; in the back of the swinging door is the garden in
> reverse, reflected. Warning, he says, warning, his voice croaky, his
> expression rigid; he stands erect, moving his angular arm stiffly to close
> his head once more; but its door starts to move jerkily on its silent
> hinges and his body fidgets; the arm and hand assembly take no account of
> this movement and seek to intersect the head door where it had been; only a
> faint mark of steam dissipating in that air remains and is immediately
> dispersed by the flailing fingers at the end of the misplaced hand and arm;
> the door closes and the fidgeting ceases, leaving the figure bent,
> distorted, in the act of completing an action which is incomprehensible to
> the observer, the observer having its own behavioural categories
>
Douglas Barbour
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